We are looking for new Volunteer Leaders to join our HandsOn team! Potential new Volunteer Leaders need to have completed at least three different projects in the last six months. Leaders are expected to adopt projects to lead at least six times per year.
Volunteer Leaders should be open to adopting a variety of projects and not just one specific project.
A minimum of 5 individuals is needed to hold this training.

Greet and assist angling teams signing in at registration, parking their vehicles, or launching vessels for this fun fishing tournament to benefit United Ways of Sarasota, Manatee and Suncoast.
This is a fantastic fresh water angling event for 50 boats who compete in a great day of trout and crappie fishing in FPL's pristine waters of Lake Parrish.
Smiling faces are needed to welcome our supporting teams and help them get situated for the start of the event.

Complete and successfully certify in tax law training, including the use of electronic filing software, to provide free tax return preparation for eligible taxpayers. Take direction from the Site Coordinator to serve clients in order of walk-in/appointment. Interview client after intake is complete. Prepare tax returns with accuracy. Inform Site Coordinator/Quality Reviewer when return is complete, or questions arise. Must pass Advanced IRS Tax Certification. Must complete the Volunteer Standards of Conduct Exam and the Intake/Interview & Quality Review Exam. If you are bilingual, please consider a VITA site that needs bilingual tax preparers. Dress Code: Business Casual. Please arrive 15 minutes early for your shift.

Come try out your culinary talents at The House, a "Home away from home" for families of children who are patients of local hospitals. Help make them a home cooked meal after a long day. An email from the Project Leader will be sent out with a list of items that will be needed for the meal. You can then pick an item that you wish to contribute and let the Project Leader know.
A minor 14+ may attend this project with an adult. To register a volunteer under the age of 18, the parent needs to create a team through their online profile. The teen would then be added as a team member. The parent can then sign up as a team and it will automatically add the teen to the project.

Play bingo and have an ice cream social with the elderly/disabled patients. Before signing up for this project by clicking on “Sign up for this project”, any volunteer under the age of 18 will also need to print out a minor release form for this project. The volunteer’s parent or guardian must sign it. Bring the completed form with you to the project.

The Spring wants some great HOT volunteers to come to their Transitional Housing to play with their great children. It may be helping with homework, coloring, playing board games, etc. Whatever it is I am sure it will be fun. Please contact your Leader for directions. The one that the website gives out is not correct.
**NO COURT ORDERED VOLUNTEERS ALLOWED**
**ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST BE LEVEL 2 BACKGROUND CHECKED (through The Spring) BEFORE PARTICIPATING**

Come on out and play with some really great children. The children range in age from birth to teenagers. We could be rocking infants to playing touch football with the teenagers and everything in between. Please notify your leader if you need directions to the location. The website gives a wrong address.
**NO COURT ORDERED VOLUNTEERS ALLOWED**
**ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST BE LEVEL 2 BACKGROUND CHECKED (through The Spring) BEFORE PARTICIPATING**

Ensure that the classrooms in Hillsborough County have the basic tools for learning. Volunteers will assist teachers in shopping for a variety of items. Minors 13+ may volunteer with an adult. Must be 15 to volunteer alone on this project.

Family and friends have the opportunity to give back to the less fortunate. Salvation Army provides nearly 200 meals to families during lunch and dinner each day. Volunteers will be able to impact the community by preparing and serving meals in one of their kitchens

Come try out your culinary talents at The House, a "home away from home" for families of children who are patients of local hospitals. Help make them a home cooked meal after a long day. The Project Leader will contact you with items you can bring for the meal.
A minor 14+ may attend this project with an adult. To register a volunteer under the age of 18, the parent needs to create a team through their online profile. The teen would then be added as a team member. The parent can then sign up as a team and it will automatically add the teen to the project.

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